Great North Midget League

Great North Midget League

Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1986
CEO	N/A
No. of teams	7
Country	Canada
Most recent champion(s)	Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves (7th title)
Most titles	Sault Ste. Marie North Stars (9 titles)

The Great North Midget League (GNML) is a midget AAA ice hockey league located in Northern Ontario. It was founded in 1986 and contains 7 teams: Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves, North Bay Trappers, Kapuskasing Flyers, New Liskeard Cubs, Timmins Majors, Sault Ste. Marie North Stars, And Sudbury Wolves Minor Midgets.

History

The Great North midget League was founded in 1986 and is one of the leagues that belongs to the national league which runs the national tournament called the Telus Cup, which is hosted in a chosen city every year in April. Only the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves, Sault Ste. Marie North Stars (now the Greyhounds), and the New Liskeard Cubs have qualified for the Telus Cup and only the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves have won it in 2008. Sudbury will host the 2018 Telus Cup which will be played April 23-29 2018. The North Stars are the most successful club. They have won nine times in history. The Nickel Capitals are the recent champions. They have won seven times and have won three times in a row plus the 2018 win.

Teams

• — Kapuskasing Flyers
• — New Liskeard Cubs
• — North Bay Trappers
• — Sault Ste. Marie North Stars
• — Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves
• — Sudbury Wolves Minor Midgets
• — Timmins Majors

Former Teams

• — Kirkland Lake Leigion 87’s N/A-2013
• — Nickel City Sons 2007-2015
• — Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats N/A-2007
• — Valley East Cobras N/A-2007

Kapuskasing Flyers

The Kapuskasing Flyers are from Kapuskasing, Ontario and have no championships. They were the finalist in 2011, 2013, and 2016. They were founded in 1990.

2017-18 Record: 18-14-0-3-1, 40 PTS

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Affiliates: none

Website Link: http://www.hometeamsonline.com/?KAPFLYERS

New Liskeard Cubs

The New Liskeard Cubs are from Temiskaming Shores, Ontario and have 2 championships. In the early years of the GNML, the cubs won 2 titles both in 1996 and 1997. They were also the central Midget AAA champions in those two years, and were the Telus Cup finalists in 1997. They were founded in 1953.

2017-18 Record: 5-30-0-1-0, 11 PTS

Affiliates: none

Website Link: http://www.newliskeardcubs.com/

North Bay Trappers

The North Bay Trappers are from North Bay, Ontario and have 1 championship. They have won the GNML title in 2001 and were finalists in 2015, 2017, and 2018. They were founded in 1962.

2017-18 Record: 30-4-0-0-2, 62 PTS

Affiliates: none

Website Link: http://www.northbaytrappers.ca/

Sault Ste. Marie North Stars

The Sault Ste. Marie North Stars are from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and have won 9 championships. They hold the record for most GNML titles won with 9 titles in 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2015. They have also hosted the Telus Cup twice but never won the central Midget AAA champions and have not won or made it to the finals in the Telus Cup. They were founded in 1986.

2017-18 Record: 15-17-0-3-1

Affiliates: Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, Soo Thunderbirds

Website Link: N/A

Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves

The Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves are from Sudbury, Ontario and have won 7 championships. They have won 7 remarkable championships in 1998, 2003, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018. They have hosted the Telus Cup once in 1998 and will host it this year on April 23-29, 2018. They are also the only GNML team that has won the Telus Cup in 2008 and were finalists in 1998. They also affiliate the Sudbury Wolves. They were founded in 1986.

2017-18 Record: 31-4-0-1-0, 63 PTS

Affiliates: Sudbury Wolves, Rayside-Balfour Canadians, Sudbury Wolves Minor Midgets

Website Link: http://www.hometeamsonline.com/?SUDBURYNICKELCAPITALWOLVESAAA

Sudbury Wolves Minor Midgets

The Sudbury Wolves Minor Midgets are from Sudbury, Ontario and have won no championships. They are the minor midget AAA team from Sudbury with the Nickel Capital Wolves being the major midgets. They have not won or qualified for the GNML finals. They were founded in 2015.

2017-18 Record: 13-11-0-0-0*, 26 PTS

Affiliates: Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves

Website Link: http://www.hometeamsonline.com/?SUDBURYMINORMIDGETAA

• Played only 24 games

Timmins Majors

The Timmins Majors are from Timmins, Ontario and have won 2 championships. In the Majors history, they have won 2 GNML titles in 2000, and 2002, and in 2002, they won the central Midget AAA championships advancing them to the Telus Cup, which they failed to qualify for the semifinals and came 5 out of 6 in the round robin with a record of 2-3-0. They were founded in 1980.

2017-18 Record: 13-21-0-1-1, 28 PTS

Affiliates: Timmins Rock

Website Link: http://www.timminsmajors.com/

GNML champions

Here is a list of the GNML title Champions dating from 1996

• 1996 — New Liskeard Cubs(1)
• 1997 — New Liskeard Cubs(2)
• 1998 — Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves(1)
• 1999 — Sault Ste. Marie North Stars(1)
• 2000 — Timmins Majors(1)
• 2001 — North Bay Trappers(1)
• 2002 — Timmins Majors(2)
• 2003 — Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves(2)
• 2004 — Sault Ste. Marie North Stars(2)
• 2005 — N/A
• 2006 — Sault Ste. Marie North Stars(3)
• 2007 — Sault Ste. Marie North Stars(4)
• 2008 — Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves(3)
• 2009 — Sault Ste. Marie North Stars(5)
• 2010 — Sault Ste. Marie North Stars(6)
• 2011 — Nickel City Sons*(1)
• 2012 — Sault Ste. Marie North Stars(7)
• 2013 — Sault Ste. Marie North Stars(8)
• 2014 — Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves(4)
• 2015 — Sault Ste. Marie North Stars(9)
• 2016 — Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves(5)
• 2017 — Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves(6)
• 2018 — Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves(7)

• team no longer exists

Times won per team

Here is how many times each team won the GNML title.

• Sault Ste. Marie North Stars — 9
• Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves — 7
• New Liskeard Cubs — 2
• Timmins Majors — 2
• North Bay Trappers — 1
• Kapuskasing Flyers — 0
• Sudbury Wolves Minor Midget — 0

Former teams

• Nickel City Sons — 1
• Kirkland Lake Leigion 87’s — 0
• Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats — 0
• Valley East Cobras — 0

Current Season Standings

• z—Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves — 31-4-0-1-0 — 63 PTS
• x—North Bay Trappers — 30-4-0-0-2 — 62 PTS
• x—Kapuskasing Flyers — 18-14-0-3-1 — 40 PTS
• x—Sault Ste. Marie North Stars — 15-17-0-3-1 — 34 PTS
• x—Timmins Majors — 13-21-0-1-1 — 28 PTS
• Sudbury Wolves Minor Midgets^ — 13-11-0-0-0 — 26 PTS
• x—New Liskeard Cubs — 5-30-0-1-0 — 11 PTS

^Sudbury Wolves Minor Midgets did not qualify due to not enough games played.

Current Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Sudbury	3
	3	Kapuskasing	2			3	Kapuskasing	0
	6	New Liskeard	0								1	Sudbury	3
											2	North Bay	1
						2	North Bay	3
	4	Sault Ste. Marie	0			5	Timmins	0
	5	Timmins	2

All playoff stats and seasons on http://www.gnml.org/

Final Series

(1) Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves vs. (2) North Bay Trappers

March 9

North Bay Trappers

5 - 2

Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves

Temiscaming Arena

Recap

March 11

Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves

2 - 1

North Bay Trappers

Countryside Arena

Recap

March 16

North Bay Trappers

1 - 2

Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves

Temiscaming Arena

Recap

March 18

Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves

2 - 1

North Bay Trappers

Countryside Arena

Recap

Sudbury wins series 3 - 1

Record Book

Team Records

Best Seasonal Record:

Sault Ste. Marie North Stars — 32-2-1-1-0 — 66 PTS — 2005-06, 2006-07

Worst Seasonal Record:

Kirkland Lake Leigion 87’s — 0-33-0-0-1 — 1 PTS — 2011-12

Most Goals Seasonal:

Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves — 290 — 2007-08

Least Goals Seasonal:

Kirkland Lake Leigion 87’s — 61 — 2011-12

Timmins Rock — 61 — 2010-11

Most Goals Against Seasonal:

Kapuskasing Flyers — 396 — 2007-08

Least Goals Against Seasonal:

Sault Ste. Marie North Stars — 54 — 2005-06

Biggest Win:

Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves 25–0 Kapuskasing Flyers

External Links

• Official website

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